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Data: Time Radio attracts record audiences in Q2

News Broadcasting has delivered another strong set of RAJAR results for the Q2 2026 survey period (April 6th 2026 – June 28th 2026). The group, including national brands talkSPORT, Times Radio, Virgin Radio UK and Talk, as well as U105 in Northern Ireland, delivered a reach of 6.4 million weekly listeners and 44.3 million listening […]

August 6, 2026

Amazon Ads expands audio offering with News UK deal

Amazon Ads and Octave have announced a programmatic integration making News UK’s digital audio brands including talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK, Talk, Times Radio, and podcast titles available to advertisers through Amazon DSP. The new integration, which is available to advertisers now, expands Amazon DSP’s audio supply with the addition of Octave, News UK’s audio-visual advertising […]

July 24, 2026

bet365 officially become talkSPORT’s World Cup 2026 Headline Bookmaker Partner

talkSPORT has named bet365 as its headline bookmaker partner for the station’s coverage of the FIFA World Cup. With the World Cup now underway, the partnership marks the beginning of a collaboration designed to connect football fans with every major talking point, match and moment throughout the tournament. To celebrate the partnership between bet365 and […]

June 12, 2026

Sky signs World Cup ad deal with News UK

Sky has signed an integrated advertising deal with News UK to promote its Sky Glass product ahead of the forthcoming World Cup. The deal will see Sky Glass integrated into a range of advertising and sponsorship executions across The Sun, Times Media and talkSPORT, including original video content, podcast integrations, print sponsorship, digital display and […]

May 26, 2026

Data: News Broadcasting at 6.3m listeners; record LBC audience

News Broadcasting has reinforced its position as the UK’s leading digital broadcaster with another set of strong RAJAR results for the survey period ending April 5th 2026. The group, including national brands talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK, Times Radio and Talk, as well as U105 in Northern Ireland, delivered a share of 6.3 million weekly listeners […]

May 14, 2026By Nik Roseveare

Data: News takes record share of UK radio listening

News Broadcasting has achieved another set of standout RAJAR results for the survey period ending December 14th 2025. The group, including national brands talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK, Times Radio and Talk, as well as U105 in Northern Ireland, delivered a record market share of 4.5 per cent with 46 million listening hours, up 4.6 per […]

February 5, 2026By Nik Roseveare

BKB signs talkSPORT deal

Bare Knuckle Boxing (BKB) CEO Greg Bloom has announced that the company has signed an exclusive broadcast partnership with talkSPORT to air BKB live bare knuckle boxing events on talkSPORT Boxing. talkSPORT is part of News UK whose news brands also include a range of newspapers and national broadcast brands including Times Radio, Talk and […]

June 12, 2025

talkSPORT expands distribution to smart TVs

talkSPORT, the sports radio station, has announced its expansion onto smart TV, partnering with LG Channels, FireTV, Apple TV, Google TV and – from early February – Samsung TV Plus. Smart TV viewers are now able to access talkSPORT’s sports coverage, opinion and debate, and brand new shows directly through their smart TV devices for […]

January 30, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Prime Video, Sky, TNT Sports, TalkSport support Multibank Hygiene Poverty Campaign

The Multibank UK has announced a powerful coalition of sports broadcasters in support of the 2024 Hygiene Poverty campaign. Sky, Prime Video, TNT Sports, and TalkSport, have joined forces in a show of solidarity, to leverage their national broadcast channels in support of The Multibank – story-telling and educating on The Multibank and the campaign, […]

November 20, 2024

talkSPORT, BBC renew EFL radio rights

The English football League (EFL) has announced the renewal of it national radio rights deal with talkSPORT for a further four seasons. Fans will now be able to listen to exclusive live commentary of their team on talkSPORT, with an uplift in games across the Sky Bet EFL and the Play-Offs. As part of the […]

June 26, 2024